This constituency of Hayes and paign, and how it's being run.
IS at the mid-point in our campaign to save the GLC. The legislation scrapping next year's elections through parliament but won't be triggered until the main legislation is carried. We expect that to be introduced in November.
So we wanted something to start off the next stage of our campaign with a bang. That's what the four by-elections on September all about. A victory will be a real stimulus to the campaign.
We chose Ine constituencies we did because we wanted marginais and also geographical spread.
CUSt JOUl because that's our majoriLy On the GLC. came Edmonton Padwhere Ken LIvingstone is standing.
The constituency campaign is launched on Auoust with our press conference. During the election we're having surcel meetings every Saturday with whole range of speakers including Ken Livingstone, Tony Benn, 21001 WHO I leaders.
We want to ensure that people realise the by-elections are about saving the GLC and the right to vote - but also that this is JOHN MeDONNELL was chair of the GLC's Finance Committee before the by-election called in Harlington/Hillingdon. He explains why Labour is fighting the camonly one part of the strugthe govern ment.
We will have speakers from the miners' union on pianorin, and local trade unionists in struggle CP»A ІГОП local job centre which is Dell closed, and local UCW workers whose subpost office is also threatened with closure. we want people_to recognise that GLC is DarE of a broader struggle.
Rail strike The rail workers strike 12 September is in the VIl middle of our Hayes calllJalall railway constituency, with a big railway estate and a large active branch in Paddington. We and Jimmy Knapp down during the campaign and, Ine David Wetzel rank and file rail workers on The issues for this area are stark. There is a large British Kai workforce and London Transport workers in Haves. all of Lewisham Concert Hall, whom stand to lose their jobs.
Our opponents in the Hayes by-election are an an SDP candidate the National Front.
Tory MP for this area.
Terry Dicks, is described by the Guardian as the Fred Flintstone of the neanderthal racist who has ollowed Thatcher's dictat refusing local Conservative Association to run. But an unofficial candidate came The SDP candidate is the former Labour GLe candidate, Peter Russell.
Lewisham West Public Meeting Catford, SE6 speakers include Ken Livingstone, Lewish Herbert and Denis Healey (invited)
in a 'humane' way. InTheir ed about people 1o sign the necessary We in. tend to they're back again.
ty Hall -oul nave Iorm 01 ment The SDP favoured Because doorstep People want the miners' strike will be integrated into the election through the candlell platforms public meetings and through continuing collect money and food for the strike. Picket lines Also, on the day of the transport September, Ken will visit some of the picket lines in from the sarike will be int the area and a • be in vited onto the platform of that night's public meeting.
At present details of the nublic meetings have not been finalised, but invited •OCaNCIS reflect concerns. Arthur Scargill has been askto une constituency's major rally on September ana an all. for our eve-or-pot rally er black platform is the 19th. And we are proicalicts weekly. focussing various aspects of the GLC's work like housing EVERY LABOUR ACTIVIST in London and beyond must turn out in support of the GLC for the four by-elections on 20 September. Consti-